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Freedom Summit Signals to the Latino Electorate
*Good analysis of anti-immigrant leader, Steven King’s, Freedom Summit. It’s not so much who was there, but who wasn’t. VL By Thomas Schaller, Latino Decisions What is the meaning of […]
California Takes on Academic Inequities for Black, Latino Students
*The suit alleges that Latino kids are placed in redundant classes or in classes of no academic value. Sound familiar? In California they’ve gone to court over it. VL By Susan […]
UC Berkeley Student Aims to be the ‘Female, Mexican Carl Sagan’
*This is incredibly inspiring. About a young woman, a child of immigrants, who follows her dreams, and creates her own path with a clear goal. We can all relate to […]
Reviewing the Evidence Part 2: CIR Failure and Political Fallout
*Gary Segura says the number show no bright side for the GOP on immigration. If immigration reform dies, Latinos will blame Republicans and that blame will have political effects in […]
Another wave of undocumented immigration may be near
*If the prediction in this article is to be believed, the immigration debate is about to become more complicated. Political, market and international economy factors are churning to form a […]
How Education Expert Views Miss the Mark on Low Income Students
By Ray Salazar, NewsTaco As my students develop their argumentative writing, I push them to ask themselves “What are the implications of my argument?” In other words, if our high-school […]
Immigrants Key to Detroit’s Revival
By Anthony Advincula, New America Media NEW YORK — Since Detroit filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history last month, ethnic media publishers and editors have found a common […]
Christie: Latinos, Wait 10 Years to Sit on NJ Supreme Court
By Juan Cartagena, LIN@R America knows Gov. Chris Christie by now. They heard his name in the swirl of presidential hopefuls before the primaries got serious. They saw him stumping […]
Puerto Rico, A Latino 51′st State of the Union?
By Charles R. Venator-Santiago, Latino Decisions As plebiscitary debates in Scotland and Cataluña continue to grow, the debates over the outcome of the 2012 Puerto Rican plebiscite appear to be waning […]
Latino Workers on the Forefront of Sandy Recovery Efforts
By Javier Sierra, Huffington Post Latino Voices The first wave of destruction unleashed by Superstorm Sandy overwhelmed our senses with the fury of its wind and the rage of its […]